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Lots of Strikeouts + No Power = No Job 2008-07-10 14:10:24 The Seattle Mariners released the underperforming Richie Sexson today despite still having to pay the rest of his $14 million salary. Sexson is hitting .218 with 11 home runs and 30 RBI so far this season.The move to rid themselves of the big first baseman was expected, a result of the Mariners' disappointing year. High-priced players like Sexson and Adrian Beltre are seen as a significant part
This is A Surprise 2008-07-10 13:18:33 In what is becoming more of an expectation rather than a surprise, Moises Alou is hurt again. The 42-year-old outfielder left his rehab game in Double-A Binghamton last night with a cramp in his left hamstring.Alou is trying to return from the DL for the third time this year, and was expected to be back by this weekend. After his latest setback, however, manager Jerry Manuel said he will hold hi Read more:Surprise
Game Over 2008-07-10 12:33:38 The latest x-ray of Mark Mulder's shoulderAfter throwing just 16 pitches before exiting last night's game, Mark Mulder's career may be over.The 30-year-old was hoping to make it through the rest of the season injury-free, but instead will go on the DL for the fifth time in his four seasons with the Cardinals. Over the past two years, Mulder has thrown a combined 12 2/3 innings, hampered by proble
Your Nightmares Now Sponsored by Major League Baseball 2008-07-10 11:16:38 Where's the Cloverfield monster when you really need him?I know they've been up for a while, but I just took a close look at some of these All-Star Game statues and threw up in my mouth a little.In theory, I can appreciate the marketing strategy. Forty-two Statue of Liberty replicas put up throughout NYC, painted in the colors of a MajorLeague
team. It's a good way to publicize the All-Star gam Read more:Nightmares
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Wrapping Up the Rest 2008-07-10 09:36:07 Phillies 4, Cardinals 2: Mark Mulder, homesick for his spot on the DL, scurried back there with pain in his shoulder after just 16 pitches. The lefty has appeared in six games over the past two years, although it's still more action than Carl Pavano and Mike Hampton have seen combined. Those were hands down, no doubt about it, great signings. Ryan Howard, faced with hitting his 25th home run or Read more:Wrapping
The Happy Recap: Good On Paper, Terrible in Practice 2008-07-10 09:00:12 A lot of teams out there are having bad seasons, but perhaps none more shocking and disappointing than the Cleveland Indians. Looking at the roster, their plight appears unexplainable.A rotation that boasts Cliff Lee, Fausto Carmona, and, for half a season, CC Sabathia should match up with most other rotations. They have arguably the best centerfielder in the league, and a dangerous group of hit Read more:Happy
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The Lineup: A-Rod Scandal...Madonna...OMG...zzzz 2008-07-09 14:32:14 A-Rod was "in love with Madonna
" according to the always-reliable investigative news team at US Weekly. Anybody else already want to shoot themselves every time this story comes up? [USmagazine]Babies? I feel like the baseball card industry is running out of ideas. [The Slanch Report]The most annoying American Gladiator. Ever. She sounds like Ralph Macchio in My Cousin Vinny. [Flatusyahu]Shortst Read more:Scandal
The Happy Recap: Wisconsin Loves the Round One 2008-07-09 13:24:26 I CC a lot of white people.The playoff race in the NL Central officially started last night, with the now period-less CC Sabathia on the hill for the first time as a Milwaukee Brewer. Sporting a dark blue uniform that looked like two regular sized shirts sewed together, Sabathia got the job done despite some control problems and put the Brew Crew on track to challenge for the division's top spot. Read more:Happy
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The MLB Meat Market 2008-07-09 11:14:18 With the Brewers and Cubs making big deals within 24 hours of each other, we'll likely see an increase in trade activity over the next few weeks as teams around the league try to keep pace. There are still some big names available that can provide the missing link and push their team into serious playoff contention.A rundown of the potential playoff mercenaries:Erik Bedard: Bedard signed this yea Read more:Market
The Apocalypse Is Near 2008-07-09 10:16:32 Memo to all New Englanders: Red Sox Nation is not an actual country. I don't know how much clearer I can make this, but obviously it hasn't dawned on the cult-like members of RSN who each paid the organization a $250 "membership" fee, elected this guy as your "president," and are now naming governors.Governors. Of a completely non-existent nation engineered to take fanatical and/or moronic fans' Read more:Apocalypse
Wrapping Up the Rest 2008-07-09 09:45:44 A's 2, Mariners 0: It seems like every time Oakland gives up a quality pitcher, they have another one waiting in the wings. With Harden gone, the de facto ace is now Justin Duchscherer, who threw a complete game shutout to improve to 10-5 and lower his ERA to 1.78. Say what you want about Billy Beane's frugality, but the man is King Midas when it comes to pitching. He could make Mariah Carey in Read more:Wrapping
The Cubs Are Serious About Ending This Curse Thingy 2008-07-08 19:33:57 Just a day after the Brewers acquired ace pitcher CC Sabathia, the Chicago Cubs have reportedly responded by swinging a trade for A's pitcher Rich Harden.Harden, who 5-1 with a 2.34 ERA this season, will go to Chicago along with Chad Gaudin in exchange for pitcher Sean Marshall, outfielders Matt Murton and Eric Patterson, and minor leaguer Josh Donaldson.Yesterday, Milwaukee introduced Sabathia as Read more:Ending
This. Is. Awesome. 2008-07-08 13:33:35 In one of the most genius literary moves this year, the New York Times has given the always even-tempered and sensible Milton Bradley a blog.Bradley, who was just selected to the All-Star team, has been hampered by anger problems throughout his whole career, and I cannot wait to get his perspective the next time he tries to confront (read: maim) someone because they have insulted him, made a bad c
The Bats Start to Strike Back 2008-07-08 12:18:28 As if things weren't going bad enough on the field for the Colorado Rockies, now they can't even catch a break off of it. Over the weekend, shortstop Troy Tulowitzki went back on the DL with a hurt hand, just three weeks after returning from a torn thigh tendon that cost him 46 games.The most noteworthy and bizarre aspect of this, however, is how Tulowitzki did this. Frustrated after being taken Read more:Start
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Jeff Mathis: FAIL 2008-07-08 11:44:58 Perhaps the only thing more amazing than Torii Hunter actually hitting a home run during last night's Angels-Rangers game was the play made by Texas catcher Max Ramirez. Down 9-6 in the 8th, Maicer Izturis grounded a ball to first, setting up this great act of violence:Next time maybe two elbows to the head will do it, Jeff.
Wrapping Up the Rest 2008-07-08 11:28:33 Dodgers 3, Braves 0: Hideki Kuroda took a perfect game into the 8th before Mark Texeira broke it up with a lead-off double, Atlanta's only hit of the game. The pitcher signed as a free agent with the Dodgers last year after eleven years in Japan. Kuroda's five wins this year are more than double what Kei Igawa has in his career.A's 4, Mariners 3: Richie Sexson hit a home run. In related news, t Read more:Wrapping
No title 2008-07-08 11:21:05 Chipper Jones, in one of his rare strikeouts this season. [Larry Brown Sports]
The Happy Recap: Doing Just Enough 2008-07-08 09:36:25 And then we're gonna go to Texas, then the playoffs, then the World Series...BYAHHHH!With the Angels' 9-6 win over Texas last night, closer Francisco Rodriguez picked up his 35th save, the most ever recorded before the All-Star break. This puts Rodriguez on pace to shatter the full season record held by Bobby Thigpen, with 57.What jumps out at me, however, is not the consistency with which K-Rod Read more:Happy
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The Lineup: Unsubstantiated Attacks 2008-07-08 08:48:16 Jenn Sterger doesn't like Erin Andrews. Or turtlenecks. Or making any kind of sense. [The Big Lead]Now you can get your own personal Ozzie Guillen rant delivered right to your inbox. [Chicago Tribune]Joe Buck's comments were misunderstood because didn't adequately convey his meaning. That sounds a lot like his announcing. [Awful Announcing]Aaron Rowand is an All-Star backer-upper. [Deadspin]R
The Mid-Summer Mistake: Small Market > Big Market 2008-07-07 14:05:01 With a name like Summer
, I feel like this could be another Spitzer situationWith FOX and Major League Baseball jamming the All-Star game down our throats (It's at Yankee Stadium! The Last One! So Historic!), it's time to look at who is actually going to play in this mid-season celebration of big-name fan favorites. We'll examine the AL and NL voting for one position daily. Today: the outfield.Outf Read more:Market
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I'm Fat And So Can You 2008-07-07 13:35:25 C.C. Sabathia's trade to the Brewers gives us another instance in which being a good baseball player does not necessarily translate into being a good athlete. Or an athlete at all, for that matter. So, in honor of the season's first blockbuster trade and this past holiday weekend, let's celebrate something just as American as summer baseball and fireworks: Obesity.Yes, it's true, America is the
Restaurants Across Milwaukee Rejoice 2008-07-07 11:56:22 Prince Fielder now has an eating partner after the Brewers spun a deal yesterday for pitcher C.C. Sabathia. The 6'7" 290 pound hurler will form a 1-2 combination with ace Ben Sheets at the top of the rotation in an attempt to get Milwaukee
into the playoffs for the first time since 1982.Sabathia is 6-8 with a 3.83 ERA this season but has rebounded from an awful start to the season and is projecte Read more:Across
The Sawx: No Bettah Fans Out Theah 2008-07-07 11:27:01 Being from New Jersey, the My New Haircut video has become as defining of the region as Newark, full service gas stations, and the mythical "Joisey" pronunciation.Ninety percent of the time, if I tell someone I'm from Jersey, their first response is, "But bro, you don't look anything like those guys on My New Haircut." And you know, that's a great observation, who would've thought the most densely
No title 2008-07-07 11:02:16 Better have gotten that pre-nup, Alex. [Deadspin] [NY Daily News]
Wrapping Up the Rest 2008-07-07 09:59:15 Mets 4, Phillies 2: The Phils were willing to build an ark and start gathering animals in order to face Billy Wagner, so a three-hour rain delay was no big deal. When the game was finally restarted, Jayson Werth took Wagner deep to tie it at 2-all. Apparently the Mets are getting used to this though, as Fernando Tatis' homer in the twelfth provided the winning margin.Brewers 11, Pirates 6: JJ Ha Read more:Wrapping
The Lineup: Property of the Military 2008-07-24 15:33:11 Shin-Soo Choo is the South Korean Ted Williams. [Cleveland.com]Lions rookie Caleb Campbell is the latest in a long line of citizens screwed by the US Army. [Yahoo! Sports]The Detroit Shock kinda messed up the WNBA's entire ad campaign with their latest signing: 50 year-old Nancy Lieberman. [Deadspin]Fantasy Football is right around the corner, and everyone knows that success is completely depende Read more:Military
Series Win Positions Mets Perfectly for This Year's Collapse 2008-07-24 15:13:06 We'll look more at this tomorrow, but the Mets and Phillies finished up their series a few hours ago with New York taking today's game, 3-1.While the games showed how close the two teams are talent-wise, little else can be gleaned from past three days. If anything, it reinforced what we already know about the NL East rivals:The Mets:They have a Jekyll & Hyde bullpen. One day they look like C
No title 2008-07-24 12:23:17 It's Barry Bonds' 44th birthday, and in honor of the big-headed wonder, here's a look at his year-by-year evolution from base stealer to ass-injecting hulk. [TIME]
Scientists Want To Watch You Pee: A Urine Test for HGH 2008-07-24 10:03:17 The Pacman Jones testing facility.According to the Sporting News, the days of care-free pissing may soon be over, as a biotechnology company is in the process of developing an HGH test using urine samples.Ceres Nanosciences, in a partnership with academic powerhouse George Mason University, is reportedly less than six months away from finishing the first non-invasive human growth hormone detector:
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